Automobile ventilator



y 1932- E. B. ROYLE 1,861,286

AUTOMOBILE VENTILATOR Filed Feb. 15, 1950 ZZBJM WITNES:

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ED BURTON BOYLE, OF EUREKA, UTAH Accessories vnnrirsron Application tiled February l5, wild Iio. lfififidts This invention relates to certain new and. =eiul improvements in ventilators of type eel-med for special application upon motor shicles and the lilre.

Que of the principal objects of the inven" tion contemplates the provision and arrangent of at form of duct to be suitably ar- .a iged within the top of the vehicle.

Another object of the invention consists 0r hafies for the duct to prevent ingress of rain and the like into the interior of the vehicle,

An additional object oi the invention emhodies a form of valve or damper for the duct uehy the latter may he cut oi at will from oi the vehicle.

v the shove end other objects in view, he invention further consists of the follo -vnov-l features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described the accompanying drawings and t in the appended claim.

In the Figure l a frog mentary side elevation of motor vehicle oppropriete portions of the hotly construction thereof partially hrolreu to illustrate the construction r the invention and its relative arrangement with respect to the conventional vehicle body construction c Figure 2 a top view of the arrangeruent disclosed in Figure l llei errin g to the drawings in detail wherein cher acters of reference denote corresponding parts. the reference character 10 indicotes generally the hody of a vehicle of the conventional form end which may be provided vvith'a windshield construction oi any desired type, that is, the vertically sliding or laterally swinging; the former typc however being given special consideration for pur uses of illustration only to bring about a clear understanding of the operation of the present invention,

The invention necessitates alteration of the outermost covering of the vehicle top to an extent which will necessitate the inclining or" an appreciable portion thereof toward the front, such as indicated at 11, The foremost edge at such portion which is downwardly and forwardly inclined is curved upwardly and rearwardly upon itself to provide a chan nel member or portion 12 having communication at its ends with. the customary forms of rain gutters or the like arranged upon op- 55 posite sides of the vehicle and bordering the top construction thereof whereby rain, melted snow and the like may be directed laterally of the vehicle top toward the aforementioned gutters.

The forward portion of the vehicle top disposed throughout'the major portion of its length at a level slightly higher than. the inclined portion 11 terminates to provide a downwardly and forwardly curved channel 55 m mber 13 upon the innermost edge thereof, oppositely disposed withreletion to that of thechennel member 12 whereby the extreme edges of each of the channel members will be disposed in juxtaposition to the median line 76 of each. other whereby the air duct 14 defined therebetween will. be a deviated one for purposes to be better understood in the following description of the invention, The fore most section of the vehicle top is provided w with a sub-base 15 spaced throughout the entire length thereof from the inner surface of the foremost top section to provide a passage 16 in communication with the duct 14s Tlhe rearmost projecting edge of the sub-top base 39 15 is brought into abutting engagement with the immediate rounded surface of the channel member 12 to prevent the circulation of air beneath the under surface of the rearmost vehicle body top section.

As best illustrated in Figure l of the draw-- logs the sub-base 15 is so disposed as to fecilitote the establishing oi communication loctvveen the interior of the vehicle and. the passage 16. The conventional form of head hoard indicated as at 17, and forming standard equipment upon a class of automobiles for the supporting of the elevating mechanism for the vertically rising type of windshield construction also serves the sdded purpose of a support for an operating lever 18 to control the position of s damper or valve 19 within the passage 16 whereby the duct 14 may be shut off and on.

In the Figure 1 illustration, forms of heat- 1w ers are shown as well as the manner of ridding the car of the heated air through the passage 16 and duct 14. It is to be understood that the invention is not restricted solely for the purpose of taking ofi the heated air, carbon monoxide and gaseous fumes but may be also 'utilized to advantage at times when the heaters are not in use, to cool oii the occupants of the vehicle by slightly raisin the windshield to permit air to circulate t erebeneath and travel upwardly against the inner surface of the windshleld into the passage 16 thereby creating suction suflicient to induce the hot air collecting adjacent the top to pass out through the duct 14. It is to be noted that the pocket formed by the inclined portion 11 of the top adjacent the channel members 12 and 13 respectively will also cause suction to take place and coact with the first mentioned interior suction action whereby the interior of the vehicle body will be maintained at a degree of temperature to afiord the utmost comfort to the occupants thereof.

By reason or the particular location of the duct opening and running the rull width oi the vehicle top, it will be noted that all vapor and condensation within the vehicle will be drawn out thereby preventing the accumulat ing and freezing of moisture upon the windows and windshield, one of the chief hazards of winter driving.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall withinthe scope of the appended claim Having described the invention, what is claimed is A ventilator construction for motor vehicles and within the tops thereof comprising multiple top sections located at difierent lav; els, the adjacent ends of the top sections be ing oppositely curved to provide channei members having the extreme edges of the channel members disposed in juxtaposition to the median line of each other to definea devious air duct, a sub-base having commu nication wth the curve of the adjacent chan nel member and spaced at its opposite end from the uppermost of the top sections to define a passage having communication at its ends with saidair duct and the interior of the vehicle, and a damper disposed within the vehicle for controlling the ingress and egress of air through the innermost end of sai passage.

Intestimon whereofI afiix m si ature,

E WIN BURTON O E. 

